oil or lpg for domestic use

[kaydl]

I am after buying a rural property in need of complete renovation and has an old oil run system for central heating and hot water.Which is more cost effective,revamping old system(new boiler and oil tank) or switching to lpg system.Not sure which works out more economical in the long run. Many thanks Kaydl

[The Builder]

In my experience, the LPG company has been nothing but expensive aggravation.
New rules over siting an oil tank are bad enough, but trying to site an LPG tank sensibly is much worse, and I think oil is still a little cheaper to run.

[flyingpig]

Oil is cheaper than LPG, if you have a fireplace think about installing a woodburner you can often get wood for free or at very little cost if you are luckly.

[Brooksy]

Apparently Aga owners are having problems with the "new" supposedly more "green" heating oil which conforms to recent EU (damn them) legislation. The burner carbons up very quickly, in the worst cases within days of being cleaned. Aga are working on a new burner, but it won`t necessarily fit older Agas. This was on a Radio 4 program a couple of weeks ago.